Glorious History Of Koh I Noor The Brightest Jewel In The British Crown
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Glorious History Of Koh I Noor The Brightest Jewel In The British Crown
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Author : N. B. Sen
language : en
Publisher: New Delhi : New Book Society of India
Release Date : 1970
Glorious History Of Koh I Noor The Brightest Jewel In The British Crown written by N. B. Sen and has been published by New Delhi : New Book Society of India this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Koh-i-noor (Diamond) categories.
Koh I Noor
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Author : William Dalrymple
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2017-09-12
Koh I Noor written by William Dalrymple and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-12 with History categories.
From the internationally acclaimed and bestselling historians William Dalrymple and Anita Anand, the first comprehensive and authoritative history of the Koh-i-Noor diamond, arguably the most celebrated jewel in the world. On March 29, 1849, the ten-year-old leader of the Sikh kingdom of the Punjab was ushered into the magnificent Mirrored Hall at the center of the British fort in Lahore, India. There, in a formal Act of Submission, the frightened but dignified child handed over to the British East India Company swathes of the richest land in India and the single most valuable object in the subcontinent: the celebrated Koh-i-Noor diamond, otherwise known as the Mountain of Light. To celebrate the acquisition, the British East India Company commissioned a history of the diamond woven together from the gossip of the Delhi Bazaars. From that moment forward, the Koh-i-Noor became the most famous and mythological diamond in history, with thousands of people coming to see it at the 1851 Great Exhibition and still more thousands repeating the largely fictitious account of its passage through history. Using original eyewitness accounts and chronicles never before translated into English, Dalrymple and Anand trace the true history of the diamond and disperse the myths and fantastic tales that have long surrounded this awe-inspiring jewel. The resulting history of south and central Asia tells a true tale of greed, conquest, murder, torture, colonialism, and appropriation that shaped a continent and the Koh-i-Noor itself.
Chasing The Mountain Of Light
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Author : Kevin Rushby
language : en
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Release Date : 2001-06-02
Chasing The Mountain Of Light written by Kevin Rushby and has been published by Palgrave Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-06-02 with History categories.
The Koh-i-Noor diamond known as the Mountain of Light, the world's largest diamond, was found in India, traveled from Golconda to the Mughal palaces in the north. Fought over, cursed at and occasionally lost, it finally reached the Sikhs in the Punjab, only to be seized by British agents eager to please young Queen Victoria. It now lies in the Tower of London where some say its curse controls the fate of the Windsor family. In Chasing the Mountain of Light, Kevin Rushby pursues the dramatic career of the Koh-i-Noor on a journey to the heart of Indian culture meeting dealers, smugglers, and petty crooks along the way. It's another adventure from Rushby whom the Washington Post recently compared to William S. Burroughs and Arthur Rimbaud.
Kohinoor
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Author : William Dalrymple
language : en
Publisher: Juggernaut Books
Release Date : 2016
Kohinoor written by William Dalrymple and has been published by Juggernaut Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Crown jewels categories.
This riveting tale of the Kohinoor, the worldÕs most coveted gem, unearths fascinating new information as it moves from the Mughal court to Persia to Afghanistan; from Maharaja Ranjit Singh's durbar in Punjab to the Queen of England's Crown. A thrilling tale, full of violence, drama and intrigue.
The Progress Of Education
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Author : N. V. Kinkar
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
The Progress Of Education written by N. V. Kinkar and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Education categories.
The Perplexing Theft Of The Jewel In The Crown
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Author : Vaseem Khan
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2016-05-05
The Perplexing Theft Of The Jewel In The Crown written by Vaseem Khan and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-05 with Fiction categories.
The second book in the heartwarming and charming Baby Ganesh series. For centuries the Koh-i-Noor diamond has set man against man and king against king. Now part of the British Crown Jewels, the priceless gem is a prize that many have killed to possess. So when the Crown Jewels go on display in Mumbai, security is everyone's principal concern. And yet, on the very day Inspector Chopra visits the exhibition, the diamond is stolen from under his nose. The heist was daring and seemingly impossible. The hunt is on for the culprits. But it soon becomes clear that only one man - and his elephant - can possibly crack this case...
Story Of The Kohinoor Diamond
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Author : Leo Fredricks
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Story Of The Kohinoor Diamond written by Leo Fredricks and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with categories.
Empire Of Diamonds
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Author : Adrienne Munich
language : en
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Release Date : 2020-05-19
Empire Of Diamonds written by Adrienne Munich and has been published by University of Virginia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-19 with Literary Criticism categories.
In 1850, the legendary Koh-i-noor diamond, gem of Eastern potentates, was transferred from the Punjab in India and, in an elaborate ceremony, placed into Queen Victoria’s outstretched hands. This act inaugurated what author Adrienne Munich recognizes in her engaging new book as the empire of diamonds. Diamonds were a symbol of political power—only for the very rich and influential. But, in a development that also reflected the British Empire’s prosperity, the idea of owning a diamond came to be marketed to the middle class. In all kinds of writings, diamonds began to take on an affordable romance. Considering many of the era’s most iconic voices—from Dickens and Tennyson to Kipling and Stevenson—as well as grand entertainments such as The Moonstone, King Solomon’s Mines, and the tales of Sherlock Holmes, Munich explores diamonds as fetishes that seem to contain a living spirit exerting powerful effects, and shows how they scintillated the literary and cultural imagination. Based on close textual attention and rare archival material, and drawing on ideas from material culture, fashion theory, economic criticism, and fetishism, Empire of Diamonds interprets the various meanings of diamonds, revealing a trajectory including Indian celebrity-named diamonds reserved for Asian princes, such as the Great Mogul and the Hope Diamond, their adoption by British royal and aristocratic families, and their discovery in South Africa, the mining of which devastated the area even as it opened the gem up to the middle classes. The story Munich tells eventually finds its way to America, as power and influence cross the Atlantic, bringing diamonds to a wide consumer culture.
Indian Librarian
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Author : Sant Ram Bhatia
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
Indian Librarian written by Sant Ram Bhatia and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Libraries categories.
Inglorious Empire
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Author : Shashi Tharoor
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2018-02-01
Inglorious Empire written by Shashi Tharoor and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-01 with Political Science categories.
The Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller on India's experience of British colonialism, by the internationally-acclaimed author and diplomat Shashi Tharoor 'Tharoor's impassioned polemic slices straight to the heart of the darkness that drives all empires ... laying bare the grim, and high, cost of the British Empire for its former subjects. An essential read' Financial Times In the eighteenth century, India's share of the world economy was as large as Europe's. By 1947, after two centuries of British rule, it had decreased six-fold. The Empire blew rebels from cannon, massacred unarmed protesters, entrenched institutionalised racism, and caused millions to die from starvation. British imperialism justified itself as enlightened despotism for the benefit of the governed, but Shashi Tharoor takes demolishes this position, demonstrating how every supposed imperial 'gift' - from the railways to the rule of law - was designed in Britain's interests alone. He goes on to show how Britain's Industrial Revolution was founded on India's deindustrialisation, and the destruction of its textile industry. In this bold and incisive reassessment of colonialism, Tharoor exposes to devastating effect the inglorious reality of Britain's stained Indian legacy.